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...ROSCOE PEACOCK Naples...
...scions, says Sir Osbert Sitwell, have a tail. A scion's tail, Sir Osbert explains, is the life of his ancestors, who spread out behind him like a peacock's fan, and whose influence is present "in every gesture and look, in every decision he takes." Sir Osbert is not only a scion with a tail that runs back almost to Piltdown man, but one of Britain's most iridescent contemporary writers (England Reclaimed, Escape with Me). Left Hand, Right Hand ("the lines of the left hand are incised unalterably at birth . . . those of the right hand...
...tear and carfare. As part of his campaign to re-elect himself and resuscitate the New Deal, Vice President Wallace had engaged to deliver a speech at the American Business Congress in New York City's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. But few Wallace votes are to be found on Peacock Alley. How reach the rural hearthsides...
...history of philosophy for Simon & Schuster. A believer in scientific method as the most promising approach to truth, he is now writing a book (he thinks it is about his 30th) to prove his never-ending case. He is living in Princeton, N.J., in the cozy, old-fashioned Peacock Inn, with his good-looking young Countess (his third wife) and their six-year-old son, Conrad. He has given a few lectures at Princeton...
...must be confessed that the performance of "Pinafore" was disappointing from a group that did such a magnificent job on "The Mikado" earlier in the week. For the first voice to really strike the ear in "The Mikado" was the clear baritone of Peacock as Pish-Tush (there isn't a bass in the entire company) and the next thing to hit was the ability of Ames. Then Peacock's voice cracked in "Trial by Jury" and broke in "Pinafore," while Ames couldn't talk by the end of the operetta. They have somewhat recovered, however...